How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt

Name: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt
Rating: 4.6 (2291 reviews)

Rewire Your Brain to Move Towards Inner Confidence -- No Matter What

Created byGia Storms

Last updated 11/2022

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What you'll learn

Build critical self-awareness of your own self-doubt and common imposter coping strategies, like perfectionism, hyper-achieving, comparison, and procrastination
Rewire your brain to move to inner confidence, and learn how to leverage new tools like your inner board of directors and reframing negative thought patterns
Learn to get unstuck through taking microsteps, moving before you’re ready and communicating with confidence – all quick fire ways to bust up the saboteur
Practice overcoming imposter syndrome when you fail by getting good at telling on yourself, asking for help and the use of vulnerability, humility

Course content

6 sections • 25 lectures • 1h 50m total length

Overview3:15
Overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome by recognizing your inner critic and applying practical strategies, with real client stories and short focused lectures to guide growth.
What is the Imposter Syndrome?5:44
Define imposter syndrome as a persistent self-doubt and inner critic that makes high achievers feel fraudulent, while exploring its origins, universal reach, and reframing pachad and yirah.
Self Diagnosis and Exercise5:43
Take a quick test to identify your imposter syndrome and inner critic. Use the exercise and journal prompts to map triggers and saboteurs, and begin overcoming self-doubt.

Overview0:38
Identifying and Overcoming the Saboteur6:27
Identify and tame the inner saboteur and hyper-achieving inner critic that fuel self-doubt, then bench it and return to your bigger game and purpose.
Battling Perfectionism and Embracing Paradox7:00
Learn to overcome perfectionism and self-doubt by replacing binary thinking with paradox, deescalating language, and practical steps like yes, and, to prevent burnout and gain empowerment.
Death a Thousand Comparisons: How to Stop Obsessive Patterns of Comparison5:34
Overcome impostor syndrome by stopping scoreboarding and reducing obsessive comparisons; reframe rivals as inspiration, boost positive feedback, and adopt a growth mindset to transform self-doubt into confident leadership.
Exercise: Busting Your Inner Critic4:45
Map your inner critics and self-doubt, name and visualize their voices, identify triggers and patterns, and learn to align these voices to move forward with clarity.

Overview0:44
Rewire your brain to build inner confidence by leaning into an inner board of directors, reframing negative thoughts, visualizations, and self celebration to expose your full brilliance and move forward.
Cure for Insecurity: Develop Your Inner Board of Directors4:53
Lead from your inner board of directors to counter your saboteur with fearlessness, generosity, and patience. Visualize mentors who embody these traits and apply their wisdom to imposter syndrome.
Rewire Your Brain: Reframing Negative Thought Patterns6:01
Rewrite negative thoughts to boost focus and agency using the four-step work, growth mindset prompts, and reframing language to overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome.
When to Fake it Till You Make It: The Power of Visualization7:04
Exercise: Celebrating and Measuring Your Success5:31
Celebrate and measure your successes to slow the hustle, acknowledge milestones and wins, and prevent burnout. Track rewards, micro wins, and accountability to reinforce progress.

Overview0:31
Move past imposter syndrome by taking microsteps, moving before you're ready, and communicating with confidence with your to-do list and accountability partner.
How to Eat an Elephant: Taking Microsteps to Build Accountability4:07
Overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt by driving progress with micro-changes—bite-sized, actionable steps, data-style experiments, and social accountability that keep goals manageable.
Go Before You Know: Moving into Action without Resistance7:04
Follow your gut and move into action before you feel ready. Build emotional scaffolding with trusted mentors and commit to the leap, turning fear into purposeful momentum.
Communicating with Confidence5:53
Develop confidence in communication when out of your comfort zone by soliciting advance participation, being clear and concise, embracing quiet moments, reading non-verbal cues, and following up for feedback.
Exercise: Dreaming and Scheming5:52
Overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt by dreaming and scheming, map long-held dreams, then set micro steps to move toward them, balancing visioning with action.

Overview0:45
Learn to counter imposter syndrome and self-doubt in failure by telling on yourself, asking for help, and using play, humility, and humor to fail fast and regain footing.
Telling on Yourself to Overcome Anxiety4:59
Identify your triggers for performance anxiety and use quick presence tricks, including telling on yourself early in meetings, to stay engaged, build trust, and lead more effectively.
Asking for Help: When You Need to Reach Out5:19
Overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt by asking for help, embracing mentors, and a growth mindset with straightforward asks and gratitude to co-create with others.
Incoporating Play, Humor and Humility5:05
Transform your day by adding play, humor, and humility to combat burnout and perfectionism; embrace life spaciousness, practice 90% function, and schedule five-minute playful breaks to boost energy and resilience.
Exercise: Recovery After Failure4:55
Learn to recover from failure through mindful breathing, visualization, and practical strategies—telling on yourself, asking for help, and using humor to return to your seat of confidence.

Key Takeaways and Resources1:51
Explore imposter syndrome and self-doubt through practical steps: boost self-awareness, reframe thoughts, visualize success, and take micro actions, while leveraging resources and strategies for handling failure with courage.
Bonus1:04
Overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome with practical, applicable strategies you can apply daily to lead with confidence, practice fearlessly, and become more impactful and caring.

Requirements

A desire to improve your inner confidence with quick, actionable tips; experience working in a team environment and managing others is a plus.

Description

In our world today, some of the most accomplished leaders I know secretly admit to feeling like an imposter.

This feeling can show up like a nagging sense of insecurity, or a sneaking suspicion that you’re in the wrong place or role. It can show up like a lack of confidence in your professional life, or an inability to rid yourself of patterns of negative self-talk. Or it can show up just as you stretch into new territory, a vicious inner critic there to keep you from truly owning your power, taking up space and showing up with confidence.

Sound familiar? The good news is this feeling is pervasive and normal – and also ultimately surmountable. Whatever your particular brand of insecurity or self-doubt, I built this user-friendly, engaging course to help you build the skills you need to identify the imposter syndrome when it pops up for you and combat your own self-doubt.

Welcome to your course on Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt! In this course, I’ll provide short lectures to help get clear on your particular pattern of self-doubt so that you can build the inner and outer practices to shift and immediately apply these lessons to your work or life. The videos in this course are standalone. That means you don’t have to watch in any particular order, though they build off each other over time. Each lecture is short and focused, so if you’re searching for a specific skill or topic that’s relevant for you, take a look through the tips to find the knowledge you need when you need it.

I created this practical Udemy course for you—filled with my unique insights from coaching leaders at Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and government agencies around the world for over 10 years. This course is packed with the most practical, real world training that has been requested by my clients again and again, and it’s built specifically to get you acting with more confidence and intentionality today.

This course is built specifically for any professional in any industry at any level who wants to get targeted, quick, practical help to respond to nagging feelings of self-doubt and imposter syndrome in a variety of situations.

Oh and did I mention that we laugh a lot in this course? Failure requires a sense of humor, and if we’re not having fun while we’re practicing, it’s not working.

In this course, we will cover:

Identifying and overcoming the saboteur
How to rewire your brain and reframe negative thought patterns
Taking microsteps to build accountability
When and how to ask for help when you actually need more training
Develop your inner board of directors as a cure for insecurities
Using the power of visualization to fake it ‘till you make it
How to recover after failure: a guided practice

Each section deepens your ability to have more confidence in real-life situations - particularly if you are stepping into bigger, better, new, unfamiliar or challenging professional situations.

Section 1 is all about understanding the imposter syndrome: What it is, how its helpful, and how to spot when it’s happening. Section 2 will help you build the critical self-awareness of your own self-doubt and common imposter coping strategies, like perfectionism, hyper-achieving, comparison, and procrastination. Section 3 will help you rewire your brain to move to inner confidence, helping you lean into tools like your inner board of directors, reframing negative thought patterns, visualizations and self-celebration

And then, Section 4, is all about action, like how to get unstuck through taking microsteps, move before you’re ready and communicate with confidence. Finally in Section 5, you’ll learn to deal with failure, and how to respond with courage and grace by telling on yourself, asking for help and the use of vulnerability, humility and humor.

So what are you waiting for? Jump to see how even one of these lectures can change your life, giving you a competitive edge to help you advance in your job and personal life. I’m thrilled to help guide you as you expand your skills and overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt starting today.

Who this course is for:

Individuals at various levels searching for quick tools to help them get better at overcoming self-doubt.
Individuals who experience imposter syndrome and are stepping into bigger, better, new, unfamiliar or challenging professional situations.
Career professionals who are longing to be more confident and manage negative self-talk.
People in any industry who are ready to overcome the barriers to navigating new situations with confidence, ease and presence -- no matter what.

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt

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Course content

Welcome and Overview3 lectures • 15min

Building Awareness of Your Self-Doubt5 lectures • 24min

Rewiring Your Brain to Move Towards Inner Confidence5 lectures • 24min

Moving into Action5 lectures • 23min

Dealing with Failure5 lectures • 21min

Conclusion2 lectures • 3min

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